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She said: “We also have a shop open for a few weeks a year in the village hall. We were extremely pleased because we had a very good year in 2013.”

Even Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood got involved last year, when he accepted the cheque for the Children’s Radio Foundation on its behalf as a patron. Mrs Leonard said: “Now he wants to stay involved which is amazing.”

“I think the fact that people can choose makes a big difference to everything.”

As well as more fundraising, the group wants to get more younger people involved.

Mrs Leonard said: “I would love it if some young people came to the meeting. They are entitled to, after all.

“Anybody in Kidlington can vote. It is very democratic.”

The three candidates proposed are the Nasio Trust, which supports orphans and vulnerable children in Western Kenya, Landmine Disability Support, which works with people in Cambodia who are disabled as a result of landmine explosions, and the Viva Street Children Programme, which supports children in Bolivia.

Proposals will be heard at the public meeting held at 8pm in St Swithun’s Church Hall, the Avenue.